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19th April 2017
10:30am BST

'Seeing my mugshot pop up alongside Mike Phillips and Harry Ellis as the scrum-halves was somewhat surreal. In the immediate aftermath I was bombarded by texts and phone calls and the buzz and excitement of the impending Lions tour really began to resonate.'He was so delighted with his inclusion that he quickly forgave the Lions officials for making a hames of spelling his first name... https://twitter.com/tomas_oleary9/status/854611698380152833 The joy was short-lived for the scrum-half and he only got to experience life as a Lion for a few days. He continues:
'Sadly, my Lions dream only lasted a mere 72 hours as I broke my leg and dislocated my ankle playing with Munster vs. Scarlets on the following Friday night. 'The injury had a massive and profound impact. I was devastated. The impending weeks were absolutely heart-breaking.'The full blog from O'Leary is definitely worth a read. You can check it out here.
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